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Old 11-16-2008, 11:34 PM   #31 (permalink)
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So if I understand correctly, braking has no effect on FE. It is just the fact that you are wasting your momentum and having to rebuild it up again once you apply the brakes.

Just as I thought. ( Seems like common sense really )
To us it does! I watch so many people, with automatics ride each others bumpers, and brakes like crazy. It just drives me nuts! When I first realized that also, I thought of it as conserving momentum...


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Old 11-23-2008, 07:11 PM   #32 (permalink)
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